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VARTAN OSKANIAN: SITUATION OVER CIVILITAS FOUNDATION REMINDS ME OF THE TIMES OF STALIN REPRESSIONS
arminfo
Monday, October 1, 17:22
The situation over the Civilitas Foundation reminds me of the times
of the Stalin repressions, the founder of Civilitas, former foreign
minister, MP Vartan Oskanyan said in the parliament on Monday.
He said that the charges against him are politically motivated -
for having failed in all of its undertakings the regime is trying to
repress those pointing to its mistakes. "This all reminds me of 1937,
when they would say: if there is a person, we can find a charge against
him. And now, having neglected all the problems of their country, they
are trying to find a charge against an innocent man," Oskanian said.
He is sure that the regime's attempt to deprive him of his deputy
immunity and to prosecute him is aimed at pressuring the Prosperous
Armenia party, its key rival in the forthcoming presidential race.
To recall, on September 27 Prosecutor General Hovsepyan appealed
to the Parliament for a permission to involve Vardan Oskanyan as
an accused party in the money laundering case against Civilitas
Foundation. The appeal implies deprivation of deputy immunity, but
not arrest. Oskanyan has already made a statement saying that Aghvan
Hovsepyan's appeal was a political order. On June 12 the National
Security Service of the Republic of Armenia submitted details of the
criminal case against Civilitas Foundation initiated on May 25 (article
190.3 of the Criminal Code of the RA money laundering). The criminal
case against the Civilitas Foundation concerns the $2mln transaction
for the sale of Huntsman Building Products, an Armenia-based company
owned by US-based Polymer Materials and Huntsman International.
arminfo
Monday, October 1, 17:22
The situation over the Civilitas Foundation reminds me of the times
of the Stalin repressions, the founder of Civilitas, former foreign
minister, MP Vartan Oskanyan said in the parliament on Monday.
He said that the charges against him are politically motivated -
for having failed in all of its undertakings the regime is trying to
repress those pointing to its mistakes. "This all reminds me of 1937,
when they would say: if there is a person, we can find a charge against
him. And now, having neglected all the problems of their country, they
are trying to find a charge against an innocent man," Oskanian said.
He is sure that the regime's attempt to deprive him of his deputy
immunity and to prosecute him is aimed at pressuring the Prosperous
Armenia party, its key rival in the forthcoming presidential race.
To recall, on September 27 Prosecutor General Hovsepyan appealed
to the Parliament for a permission to involve Vardan Oskanyan as
an accused party in the money laundering case against Civilitas
Foundation. The appeal implies deprivation of deputy immunity, but
not arrest. Oskanyan has already made a statement saying that Aghvan
Hovsepyan's appeal was a political order. On June 12 the National
Security Service of the Republic of Armenia submitted details of the
criminal case against Civilitas Foundation initiated on May 25 (article
190.3 of the Criminal Code of the RA money laundering). The criminal
case against the Civilitas Foundation concerns the $2mln transaction
for the sale of Huntsman Building Products, an Armenia-based company
owned by US-based Polymer Materials and Huntsman International.